{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hillsong Australia Podcast","title":"S3E1: The Man You’re Becoming | A Conversation on Manhood, Courage & Grace","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/aee96693\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4250,"description":"Culture keeps moving the goal line on manhood. Allans Sancho, Thomas Hansen, Andrew Midson and Jesse Murray get honest about what a man of God looks like, the fathers who shaped them, the patterns they've broken, and why self-mastery runs out long before grace does.\n⚠️ DISCLALIMER: This episode discusses childhood trauma, pornography, and suicide. \nSupport: Lifeline 13 11 14 | MensLine 1300 78 99 78 | Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636. Pastoral conversation, not clinical advice.\n \n✨ KEY THEMES\n• A hard upbringing can explain a pattern without excusing it\n• Seeing your father as human — and reconciling with that\n• The vacuum the manosphere rushed to fill\n• Culture's goal line moves; the Word doesn't\n• Mateship that goes deeper than sport and weather\n• Surrender over self-improvement — there's no to-do list\n• The illusion of control\n• Strength under control, not suppression\n\n📖 SCRIPTURE\nLuke 15:11-32 • Matthew 5:5 • John 2:13-17 • 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 • Matthew 9:36 • 1 Corinthians 11:1 • James 4:6 • Matthew 6:9-13\n📚 MENTIONED\nSøren Kierkegaard • Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self • Andy Stanley • C.S. Lewis • Ps Phil Dooley\n💬 QUOTES\n\"Freedom is having nothing to prove and nothing to hide.\"\n\"Surrender is not a one-time fee. It's like a subscription — sometimes it's daily.\"\n\"One of the most dangerous questions to ask is: what is it like on the other side of me?\"\n\n🚶 NEXT STEPS\n1. Go first — ask a mate a real question, or admit your own struggle before anyone else does\n2. Audit your inputs. If it isn't building the man you want to be, unfollow it\n3. Ask your wife or kids: what's it like on the other side of me?\n4. Have the conversation you've been putting off\n5. Pray the Lord's Prayer. Open the New Testament. Walk into your local church and ask for help\n\n🔗 LINKS\nMen's Conference → https://hillsong.com/australia/mens-conference/\nFind a location → https://hillsong.com/australia/\nSubscribe for new episodes every week\n \nBringing Sunday into your everyday....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eykYjGcTPC5Wa8qzCs8D1GWDCHTB_bfYIcjRFd9McpE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Njli/MDk1MTYwMGYxMGM3/MzRmMTc4ODE0Yjc0/Y2Q5MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}